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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It was, and since the younger people are advocating for the world they want to live in and not the one of their grandparents, we should listen to them. They are more concerned about living healthy and climate change because they have more to lose.[/quote]

Thank you for this. I know people of all generations support change in this neighborhood and are educating themselves about the issues, but it doesn't feel that way sometimes.  Like the speaker running against Keith who literally said that the solution to the business struggles on Connecticut Avenue is creating more parking.  I'm exhausted.[/quote]

I don’t think you are talking about the Ward 3 candidate forum, but rather a Cleveland - Woolley forum for ANC races.  If so, you are not reporting it accurately at all.  The ANC candidate running against “Keith” pointed out a DC government survey of CP businesses where the businesses themselves identified their biggest challenge by far as customer parking.  He did not say that the “solution” is that the city should build more parking.  It was pointed out that Connecticut Ave Option C takes a clearly identified problem and makes it worse, by reducing already-scarce Connecticut Ave parking by 50 percent. That’s a lot of lost parking for local businesses.[/quote]

Exactly, the candidate did not argue for more parking and he did not even argue against bike lanes.  He simply said parking is one of the factors that needs to be considered. And "Keith" actually said that he is a "libertarian property rights" guy who thinks people should be able to do anything they want with their property as long as it's not dangerous.  So he not only doesn't want historic preservation, he doesn't even want zoning.  There was an audible gasp in the room.[/quote]

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